"What? She is the Candle Knight?" Hua Falin looked even more surprised than Li Ang.

How could it be her?

Li Ang thought they would send someone randomly, but unexpectedly it was Viviana who came.

In the company, Viviana's status is quite special. She is the adopted daughter of the Grand Knight Commander, and she can also be regarded as the channel of communication between Li Ang and the Supervisory Committee. Li Ang has also personally asked about her matters, and things like power and oppression are simply not possible. Can't happen.

So it was only possible that Viviana took over this task herself.

However, Li Ang didn't know her very well and couldn't imagine the reason why she came here. Is there anything she cares about on Lot 21?

The name of the Candle Knight also caused a burst of whispers.

After all, Rhode Island has been staying in the Grand Knight Territory for more than half a year. They may not know the real name of the Candle Knight, but they have definitely heard of her title.

"Candle Knight? Is she famous?" Elena asked doubtfully.

The only person who has never heard of her name is probably an outsider like Elena.

In any case, meeting the Candle Knight will happen later.

After everyone was ready, they entered the land vehicle provided by Rhode Island.

The shape of the vehicle looks similar to that of an armored vehicle, except that it is much larger. The outermost armor plate does not have a shooting hole reserved, but is fully enclosed.

This design can block Source Stone pollution from the external environment as much as possible and extend the activity time of the armored vehicle in the contaminated area.

The only drawback is that this vehicle is not equipped with weapons. It may not be able to fight back when faced with the impact of infected creatures, but most infected creatures cannot cause damage to this layer of armor.

Just being able to produce such a car means that Ferdinand has not found the wrong person. Rhode Island is really good at exploring contaminated areas.

The space inside the car is very spacious and can accommodate about 20 people. In addition to the driver and co-pilot, it is more than enough for five of them.

The two elite operators got into the main and passenger seats. The Ubika sisters sat together and whispered quietly. Warfarin and Provence had no intention of chatting, and the car was quiet.

Li Ang also sat silently in his seat, checking his equipment.

He had already put on the protective clothing provided by Rhode Island in advance, which was similar to a fully enclosed metal armor. However, because of the use of special radiation-proof metal materials, the weight of the protective clothing was not as good as that of a full-body knight's armor. Of course, its defensive performance was not as good as that of a knight's armor. So strong.

Coupled with the internal circulation life support module, environmental monitoring module, communication module, spell casting unit and other messy modules, this protective suit can actually be regarded as the prototype of power armor. The design in all aspects is very complete, even the most important thing. The central control system is already there, but what it lacks is just the power module and a reliable power source.

In terms of technical content, this set of protective clothing produced by the Rhode Island Engineering Department is no longer inferior to those of large companies in Colombia.

In other words... Rhode Island did this on purpose.

Is it really difficult to replace this protective suit with stronger armor and stuff a small Originium engine into it?

It's not difficult at all. Even for the most difficult power system, Li Ang feels that Rhode Island has the technical reserves in this area.

Unexpectedly, they could glimpse a glimpse of Rhode Island's strength from such details. The Ubika sisters next to them didn't think too much. They were just sighing at the weight of this protective suit. For a typical scholar like Elena, For a warlock, this protective suit is still a bit heavy.

Li Ang actually doesn't need these at all. Even a simple protective suit, a breathing mask, and some special Origin Stone skills are enough to penetrate deep into the contaminated area. Adele is very good at this, not to mention that Li Ang is not afraid of radiation at all. This radiation energy can be directly utilized.

However, in order to hide his identity from others, Li Ang still put on these bloated clothes.

The ruins of Lot 21 are at least 60 kilometers away from the current location of the Great Knight Leader. This is beyond the range of Li Ang's normal perception. Even if he can concentrate on sensing there, Li Ang will not do such a thing leisurely.

Therefore, Li Ang did not understand the situation there at all.

The distance of 60 kilometers is not too far. At the speed of the armored vehicle, it only takes more than half an hour to reach the vicinity of Lot 21.

After Li Ang became familiar with all the functions of this protective suit, Lot 21 almost entered the range of perception.

In his perception, most of the structures on the surface of the plot are still intact, but fragile places such as windows and vents have been destroyed by natural disasters. The polluted rainwater has destroyed the interior of each building into a mess, and some The relatively closed structure was still filled with rainwater, and the situation was very bad.

Leon couldn't confirm where the thing Ferdinand was looking for was, but he was not in a hurry. He was the one responsible for the investigation in this team, and sooner or later the little bird would tell him the key clues.

Just when Li Ang was thinking this, he suddenly discovered something was wrong.

"It's weird, something's not right about this place..." Li Ang frowned.

Hearing Li Ang's soliloquy, Warfarin suddenly trembled, sat up and asked nervously, "What did you find?"

"Look at the Source Stone radiation reading outside. Is it a little too low?"

Through perception, he found that the remaining Source Stone radiation nearby was very weak. After confirming the reading on the radiation counter, Li Ang confirmed that he was not mistaken.

Pointing to the radiation counter on the wall nearby, Li Ang said, "1491C... This value is indeed very high, but we are now close to the center of the natural disaster. There is no problem if this value is increased seven or eight times. Now This data is obviously not normal.”

Radiation of this intensity... at most, it is like accidentally blowing up a household reactor. The radiation leaked from the incompletely reacted Origin Stone. If you are lucky and run fast enough, this radiation may not be harmful to the body. The strong Terrans had no impact.

"Five months is not enough time for the radiation to decay to this extent."

Chapter 56 Part of the truth

No matter how hard he said it, Li Ang almost got a bachelor's degree in the application of Originium skills, and the application of Originium skills was closely related to Originium radiation. This basic common sense was unmistakable.

The half-life of Source Stone radiation is neither long nor short, only one year.

But without artificial intervention, given the exaggeratedly high amount of radiation caused by natural disasters, it will take at least 20 years of data to restore the area to a level where it can be inhabited normally.

However, based on the currently detected radiation intensity, calculating the decay rate, it may only take another year or so for the environment here to return to normal.

With Li Ang's current knowledge, he cannot explain what happened here.

"What? Let me see." X3

After hearing what Li Ang said, the three people except Xingji exclaimed in unison and crowded towards the radiation counter.

Of course, the three heads hit each other.

Although the space in the carriage is quite spacious, it cannot support their large-scale movements.

"Hiss... you two... forget it."

Warfarin rubbed her head and took a breath of cold air.

While saying this, Warfarin took a step back, not intending to join in the fun this time.

"Provence, you have the most experience among us, so it's up to you."

Elena hesitated for a moment and took a step back consciously, but she was still a little unhappy in her heart.

After all, she is a senior researcher in the Rhine Life Energy Department, and her mentor is well-known in the entire high-energy physics academic community. Originium radiation also falls within the scope of her research. She is not necessarily worse than the so-called natural disaster messenger.

However, there is really no need to fight for these few minutes.

Elena was also thinking about why this phenomenon occurred.

[First of all, excluding natural attenuation, what is definitely happening here... is it some kind of infected organism that feeds on the radiation of the Source Stone? 】

Although this kind of creature is rare, it is not impossible.

Samples of this type of organism have been captured in a joint project of the Ecology Department, the Structural Department and the Scientific Expedition Department.

But after thinking about it, Elena felt that something was not right.

[If this type of creature really is...then their number would be so exaggerated...]

After simply calculating the intensity of the remaining radiation from the natural disaster and the absorption speed of the infected organisms, Elena couldn't help but shudder.

If the guess came true, Elena felt that she needed to call an army to come over for support. They alone could not stop the overwhelming number of infected creatures.

While Elena was thinking wildly, Provence also rubbed his red forehead, walked to the console next to Li Ang, and stared at the data displayed on the console seriously.

Li Ang also had to hide aside to avoid accidentally touching her too-large tail.

At this time, Warfarin ran to the front of the carriage and turned on the communicator to communicate with the cockpit.

"ACE! Find a place to park the car, something is not right."

"Huh? No problem."

The strong man Feidiya's voice sounded a little confused, "But what should the candle knight do? He hasn't reached the scheduled meeting point yet."

According to the original plan, they would meet near the entrance of Lot 21, but now that such an unexpected situation has occurred, it is necessary to stop and find out the truth first.

"Turn on the full-band broadcast and tell her our current coordinates. She should be able to receive it."

Warfarin thought for a few seconds and then made this arrangement, "By the way, contact this ship and ask Kelsi what she thinks."

They have formal authorization in their hands. There is no need to do things secretly. They can just broadcast directly and they are not afraid of anyone hearing what they are doing.

Although Provence was the commander of this operation, there was nothing wrong with Warfarin's decision. Everyone in the carriage silently put on protective clothing and got ready to go out.

Natural disasters destroyed almost everything here, and the mobile city was originally built on a plain. ACE drove around the area for a long time, but failed to find a place that could be used as a bunker.

In desperation, he could only park the car casually next to a small mound.

Anyway...it's not war time now, so it doesn't matter where you park your car, right?

perhaps.

After getting ready, everyone walked out of the carriage one after another.

The location chosen by ACE is pretty good. There is a large tree of unknown species growing on a small mound. All the leaves and branches have been destroyed by natural disasters, leaving only half of the bare trunk standing there.

Perhaps it was the tree's root system that allowed the mound to survive heavy rains comparable to flash floods.

Elena is taking her sister together to collect samples from different locations on the tree trunk. This is a very precious research object, and perhaps the cause of the abnormality here can be analyzed.

The experienced Provence is not idle either. She is squatting on the ground and analyzing the soil condition.

They all have things they should do, but Li Ang has nothing to do and can only stand aside and watch.

I checked the radiation counter that comes with the protective suit, and the reading was 1427C... There was an error, but it was not large, and it was still within the allowable range, which proved that it was not an error in the equipment on the car.

We can only wait for the results of their investigation as to what the specific reasons are.

At this time, Warfarin, who had nothing to do like Li Ang, came over and asked with a worried look, "I always have a very bad premonition... I said, do you really not know the inside story?"

"..."

After coming back to his senses, Li Ang glanced at Hua Farin and said rather strangely, "The inside story... If there is really any inside story, it probably happened here a few months ago. Weren't you also present at that time? Kai Erxi really didn’t tell you anything?”

If anything had happened in this area, it was probably only a few months ago that a hole to the outside of the world was opened here.

At that time, Li Ang accidentally fell into the outside of the world. After he returned to reality from the 'foreign land', people from Rhode Island picked him up from Lot 21. Without their help, Li Ang would have had to endure the natural disaster. Rushed out from inside.

But... didn't Li Ang remember that Hua Farin was also in the team at that time?When Li Ang first returned to reality, the group in Rhode Island still regarded him as a monster invading from the outside of the world.

"Tsk... don't mention it. The Riddler just told me about 'holes', the outside of the world, etc. I didn't understand what was going on at all, and she didn't mean to explain it in detail."

Warfarin was extremely irritated and wanted to scratch her hair, but the helmet of the protective suit blocked her hand. She was so angry that she could only stomp her feet a few times.

Kelsi clearly knew a lot of things, but she was unwilling to explain it to others, which made Warfarin almost crazy with anger.

Not just Warfarin, anyone who has spent time with Kelsey understands this deeply, but what can they do?We can't tie up Kelsi and force her to explain, right?

If Kelsey is unwilling to say it, there is no point in forcing her.

"Then it's really hard for you." Li Ang said sympathetically.

Compared with the members of Rhode Island, Li Ang's sense of Kelsey was completely at two extremes.

Perhaps because every conversation occupies a dominant position, when Li Ang communicated with Kelsey, the other party did not show any signs of the Riddler. Instead, Li Ang felt very comfortable, because Kelsey really knew a lot of secrets. .

"So there is indeed a problem! I knew that bastard Kelsey wasn't so kind!" Warfarin was so angry that she started to curse.

I have a simple task for you to handle...don't you just want to draw some blood?That bastard Kelsey is really seeking revenge, right?

Warfarin's voice attracted the attention of two elite operators waiting nearby. She quickly waved her hands to indicate that she did not need help, and then forcefully dragged Li Ang farther away.

"Explain to me what's going on. I don't want to die here without any explanation!"

"...It's not that dangerous, right?" Li Ang raised his eyebrows.

The culprit has been killed long ago, and the 'hole' leading to the outside of the world has long been healed. This should be just an ordinary natural disaster-contaminated area, and there should be nothing special about it.

——Li Ang was right to think so, but when he saw Warfarin's angry look, he thought it would be better to explain.

"Okay, I'll tell you, but you can't tell others these things."

Li Ang broke free from Warfarin's grasp and set a silencing spell around them to prevent the content of their subsequent conversation from being leaked.

Warfarin is a high-level executive in Rhode Island and has helped him and Adele a lot before. There is a foundation of trust, and Li Ang feels that it is okay to tell her part of the truth.

Seeing that Li Ang was willing to explain, Warfarin also breathed a sigh of relief. What she was most worried about was that these guys were like Kelsi. They knew everything but were unwilling to say anything. It felt like they were being led around by the nose. It's really bad.

"I swear in the name of the Demon King that I will not tell anyone the content of the next conversation." Warfarin said her oath with unusual solemnity.

"...Actually, there is no need to be so serious."

Li Ang sighed slightly and said, "Let's talk first. There are some things that I don't understand myself. I can only tell you what happened. You need to judge the specific clues yourself."

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